Steven Osborne live at Wigmore Hall in London and Sibelius from Finland
Fiona Talkington showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including a live concert from pianist Steven Osborne from Wigmore Hall in London.
Fiona Talkington showcases the best performances by 成人快手 orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.
The week begins with a live concert from London鈥檚 Wigmore Hall given by one of the very first 成人快手 Radio 3 New Generation Artists, pianist Steven Osborne. At the heart of his recital is Schubert鈥檚 sublime final piano sonata, whose spirituality is anticipated in the three miniatures that precede it: Myra Hess鈥檚 soulful take on Bach, and two short pieces by fellow Scots composers Judith Weir and James MacMillan.
A trio of more recent New Generation Artists feature throughout this week on Classical Live, with two concerts recorded exclusively for us at last year鈥檚 Belfast International Arts Festival. The Z.E.N. Trio is made up of three world-class soloists who met while on Radio 3鈥檚 flagship talent development scheme: violinist Esther Yoo, cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan and pianist Zhang Zuo (aka Zee Zee). Today they perform the first of Rachmaninov鈥檚 Elegiac Trios.
The Belfast connection continues in the realm of orchestral music, with the Ulster Orchestra taking the lead in our week-long focus on Sibelius. But it鈥檚 Sibelius's compatriots in the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra who provide our centrepiece today at 3pm - the expansive Symphony No. 2.
And in the lead-up to the 25th anniversary celebrations of the New Generation Artist scheme next Monday, each day this week we feature an alumnus as the soloist in a concerto with a European orchestra. Today, French pianist C茅dric Tiberghien joins the Li猫ge Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for Ravel's Piano Concerto in G.
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Live from Wigmore Hall, London, presented by Hannah French
Johann Sebastian Bach arr. Myra Hess
Jesu Joy of Man鈥檚 Desiring
James MacMillan
Lumen Christi
Judith Weir
Chorale, for Steve
Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata in B flat, D960
Steven Osborne (piano)
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1400
Leonard Bernstein
3 Dance Episodes from 鈥極n the Town鈥�
Ulster Orchestra
Michael Seal (conductor)
Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto in G
C茅dric Tiberghien (piano)
Li猫ge Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Elena Schwarz (conductor)
Sergei Rachmaninov
Trio 茅l茅gaique No. 1 in G minor
Z.E.N. Trio
1500 - Centrepiece
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)
Antonin Dvorak
Songs my mother taught me (Gypsy melodies, No. 4)
Laura van der Heijden (cello)
J芒ms Coleman (piano)
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